Traditional: 直升機
直升机 (zhí shēng jī) means “helicopter”. It is an HSK 6 Chinese word (traditional 直升機) in the HSK 3.0 vocabulary.
Measure word: 架
Practice each character:
直升机在空中盘旋。
Zhíshēngjī zài kōngzhōng pánxuán.
The helicopter is circling in the air.
Updated: 2026-07-18